419 scam: "Joe Smith"<ginc59@gmail.com> My name is Mr. Joe Smith

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- privateemailtojoesmith@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Joe Smith"<ginc59@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <privateemailtojoesmith@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 00:18:14 +0100
Subject: My name is Mr. Joe Smith

My name is Mr. Joe Smith, I am the head of department, private account operations with Barclays Bank Plc here in london. I am contacting you with all trust and sincerity in the hope of reaching a mutual agreement regarding a claim as next of kin to the sum of $45,000,000 USD which an over due payment to the next of kin to one Mr. Paul Louis Halley who died 2003 in plan crash with his wife Without leaving a will of a contact information of his next of kin.

Read More: http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

I here by seek your permission to present you as next of kin to Mr. Paul Louis Halley to have the above stated fund cleared and transferred in your favor. Paul Louis Hally until his death is the forth richest man in France with so many investments cut across Europe and other continents If you are interested in this transaction to respond to me via my private email address: privateemailtojoesmith@yahoo.com.ph.

Please keep this information confidential for the fear that i might lose my Job and life if my bank gets to know of myemail to know. I await your respond

JOE

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